Cashier machine



May 23, 1939.

J. C. STEDMAN CASHIER MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Original Filed March 22,1934 NIH) ulml

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May 23, 1939. J. c. STEDMAN Regzmss CASHIER MACHINE 2 Sheets-SheetOriginal Filed March 22, 1954 QMW Reissued May 23, 1939 UNITED STATESEXTENT OFFEQE.

Original No. 2,014,599, dated September 17, 1935, Serial No. 716,804,March 22, 1934. Application for reissue September 14,

6 Claims.

My invention relates to a cashier machine and it is an object of thesame to provide an apparatus whereby predetermined sums of money varyingin amount can be paid without requiring any employee of the recipient tohandle any part of the actual receipts, such apparatus embodying meansfacilitating supervision by such employee.

Another object of the invention is to provide a distant control for themachine.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the annexedspecification.

Referring to the drawings, which are made a part of this application andin which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Fig. 1 is a perspective, partially in section, illustrating the machineand its method of use,

Fig. 2, a plan of parts shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, an elevation of the machine per se, on an enlarged scale, and

Fig. 4, a vertical cross-section of the machine on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, reference character H] indicates generaly a counterwhich, for example, may be a lunch counter in a lunch room and referencecharacter ll indicates generally a cashier machine according to myinvention located in a convenient and desirable position with referenceto the counter, it being an object of my invention to so position themachine that an employee who is generally otherwise occupied cansupervise and control the operation of the machine.

The machine may be supported on a pedestal l2, shown in Fig. 1, or inany other suitable manner and it comprises a casing having a bottom 13supporting a pair of drawers l4 and I5 which can be withdrawn toward theleft in Fig. 3, after unlocking them by means of a key inserted in alock such as indicated at I6.

Above the drawer I5 there is a coin chute I! which is suitably supportedin a manner to closethe portion of the casing in front of the wall IS. Abaffle I9 is provided below the coin chute for checking the fall ofcoins through this part of the casing and for scattering them over thetop of a pair of trap doors 2!! which form the bottom of the compartmentthat temporarily receives the coins. The b aille is supported at itscorners by strips of metal 2| which may be attached to the cornermembers 22 of said compartment or to the side portions 23 of the coinchute, or otherwise suitably supported.

The front and side walls 24, 25 of the temporary coin compartment aremade of transparent material such as glass and a mirror 26 is provided1937, Serial No.

at the rear of the compartment to aid in illuminating the interior ofthe same, and the coins therein.

The trap doors are pivoted at 21, 21 and may be held in place bysuitable springs. For operating the doors, I have shown a pair of links28 depending from the doors and pivoted thereto, said links beingconnected at their lower ends to a bar 29 secured to or forming part ofthe armature 30 of an electromagnet 3!, shown as located on the bottommember I3 of the casing. It will be obvious that coins supported on thetrap doors may be dumped off the same by energizing the electromagnet soas to pull the doors downward about their pivots 21, thus causing thecoins to fall into the drawer Hi. In order to insure against any coinsfalling into that part of the casing occupied by the electromagnet andthe operating device connected therewith, I provide a deflecting wall 32which occupies an inclined position so as to direct into the drawer I5any coins that might otherwise fall into the right hand end of thecasing, as indicated in Fig. 3.

At the back of the casing and above the coin chute I provide means forreceiving such tickets as are commonly used in lunch rooms and in otherplaces for indicating the amount to be paid to the cashier. Such meanscomprises a series of slots in a member 34 of the casing. Below theslots I provide a series of transparent windows 35, each so positionedas to expose a ticket inserted through a slot 33, the tickets beingsupported adjacent the windows by a backing 33 and a trap door 31 whichcloses the bottom of the space between windows 35 and backing 3B.

The trap door 31 is pivoted at 38 and a link 39 is pivoted to the trapdoor and to the bar 29 at its opposite ends so that the action of theelectromagnet will open the trap door 31 whereupon the tickets restingon said trap door fall through the rear compartment of the casing intothe drawer 14.

For operating the electromagnet I provide a circuit comprisingconductors 4E and 4| connected respectively to a pair of contacts l2 and43. The contact 43 is mounted on an arm 44 of a treadle 45 pivoted at 46and normally held up by aspring 41, which treadle may extend the fulllength of the counter and be suitably supported at desirable intervals.

In the operation of my device customers will be waited on at the counteras usual and will receive checks or tickets in ordinary manner. Whenleaving the place they will pass by the cashier machine, convenientlylocated with referonce to the exit, and each customer will insert histicket in one of the slots provided for that purpose, at the same timeplacing in the coin chute coins of value corresponding to the amountstated on the ticket. If a customer does not have the correct change itwill be necessary to secure the same; e. g., from a counter man. Onecustomer may have several tickets in which case he may insert them indifferent ones of the slots and will place the aggregate amountcorresponding to the numerals on the various tickets in the coin chute,from which the coins will fall down upon the trap doors 20, beingsuitably scattered by the baffle l9, so that a clerk or counter manbehind the counter can glance over and see that the deposited coinscorrespond to the amount on the ticket or tickets. If he sees that theamount deposited is correct he will simply depress the treadle 45, thusclosing the circuit to electromagnet 3|, whereupon the armature 30 andbar 25! will be drawn downward, thus opening trap doors 26 and 31 topermit the coins to descend into drawer l5 while the tickets willdescend into drawer l4. Any suitable means may be provided for returningthe trap doors and associated parts to the position shown in Fig. i,after the circuit has been broken due to the release of the treadle bythe counter man.

t will be obvious that the sum total of the money in the cash drawerwill equal the sum total on the amounts of the tickets in the ticketdrawer and that no cash will be handled by any employee excepting theone who has a key to the drawers.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many changes may bemade in the device of my disclosure all without departing from thespirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to what isshown in the drawings or described in the specification but only asindicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. In a store device, means to hold a ticket in position to expose aface thereof, means to expose money in position for comparison withindicia on a ticket so exposed, a receptacle for the coins, a receptaclefor the tickets, means for dumping the money and tickets into therespective receptacles after such comparison, said last-named meanscomprising pivoted trap doors supporting the tiskets and money, anelectromagnet below said doors, links depending from said doors and avertically movable horizontal bar carried by the armature of saidelectromagnet, each of said links being attached to said bar.

2. In a store service device adapted to be set at a distance from acounter and facing the same, means to hold a ticket in position toexpose a face thereof, means to expose money in position for comparisonwith indicia on a ticket so exposed, a receptacle for the coins, areceptacle for the tickets, means for dumping the money and tickets intothe respective receptacles after such comparison, said last-named meanscomprising trap doors supporting the tickets and money, anelectromagnet, an armature for said electromagnet connected to each ofsaid trap doors, a circuit for said electromagnet, and means at saidcounter for closing this circuit.

3. In a store service device adapted to beset at a distance from acounter and facing the same, means to hold a ticket in position toexpose a face thereof, means to expose money in position for comparisonwith indicia on a ticket so exposed, a receptacle for the coins, areceptacle for the tickets, means fordumping the money and tickets intothe respective receptacles after such comparison, said last-named meanscomprising trap doors supporting the tickets and money, an'electromagnet, an armature for said electromagnet connected to each ofsaid trap doors, a circuit for said electromagnet, circuit-closingmeansineluding a treadle positioned behind said counter, a contact onthe treadle, and a fixed contact in said circuit, said fixed contactbeing ope-ratively related to the contact on the treadle.

4. A device of the character described comprising a coin receiving box,a movable member for normally holding coins, therein in displayposition, a ticket receiving case associated with said box, a movablemember for normally holding tickets in said case in display position,and means for operating said movable members for releasing the coins andtickets, said last named means including movable supports for thetickets and money, an electromagnet, an armature operable by saideleotromagnet, and means interposed be 0 tween said electromagnet andmovable supports for actuating the latter upon movement of the armature.

5. A device of the character described comprising a coin receiving box,a movable member for normally holding coins therein in display position,a ticket receiving case associated with said box, a movable member fornormally holding tickets in said case in display position, and means foroperating said movable members for releasing the coins and tickets, saidlast named means including trap doc-rs for supporting the tickets andmoney, an electromagnet, an armature for said electromagne-t, meansconnecting the electromagnet and said trap doors, a circuit for saidelectromagnet, and means for closing said circuit.

6. In a device of the character described, means to hold a ticket inposition to expose a face thereof, means to hold money in position toexpose a.

face thereof, a receptacle for the money, a recep- .r,

tacle for the tickets, means for dumping the money and tickets intotheir respective receptacles, said last-named means. comprising trapdoors supporting the tickets and money, an electromagnet, an armaturefor said electromagnet connected to each of said trap doors, a circuitfor said electromagnet, and means for closing said circuit.

JACOB C. STEDMAN.

